Factors influencing the use of food storage structures by agrarian communities in northern Uganda
Food storage at the national or global level is important due to its multifunctional roles of enhancing food access, nutrition, and income security at the national, community and household levels. This study assesses the importance of food storage structures and their utilization by farmers cultivat...
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Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
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| author | Owach, Charles Bahiigwa, Godfrey Elepu, Gabriel |
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| description | Food storage at the national or global level is important due to its multifunctional roles of enhancing food access, nutrition, and income security at the national, community and household levels. This study assesses the importance of food storage structures and their utilization by farmers cultivating finger millet *(Eleusine coracana)* and common beans *(Phaseolus vulgaris)* in Apac and Arua districts, Northern Uganda. The study encom-passed a total sample of 782 households producing finger millet and/or beans (388 of which were below and 394 above the poverty line). A binary probit regression analysis was used to identify the factors influencing the household use of improved storage structures. The findings indicated that only 22% of households used improved storage structures and that usage depended on the age of the household head, education level of the household head, membership in a farmer group or association, family size, and distance to market. The findings also indicate that the postharvest policies of the past did not have any significant effect on house-hold access to improved storage technologies in the study areas. It is generally agreed that usage of improved storage structures leads such benefits as postharvest losses reduction, product quality conservation and increased duration of storage (World Food Programme [WFP], 2015). Thus we suggest that strategies to improve the usage of improved storage structures may be organizing agrarian communities and reaching them with carefully developed postharvest programs. This action could lead to higher usage rates of these technologies in this region. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1476132024-10-25T07:59:51Z Factors influencing the use of food storage structures by agrarian communities in northern Uganda Owach, Charles Bahiigwa, Godfrey Elepu, Gabriel food storage education finger millet legumes households cereals grain legumes technology losses storage structures food losses millets smallholders agrarian structure beans family size poverty postharvest losses Food storage at the national or global level is important due to its multifunctional roles of enhancing food access, nutrition, and income security at the national, community and household levels. This study assesses the importance of food storage structures and their utilization by farmers cultivating finger millet *(Eleusine coracana)* and common beans *(Phaseolus vulgaris)* in Apac and Arua districts, Northern Uganda. The study encom-passed a total sample of 782 households producing finger millet and/or beans (388 of which were below and 394 above the poverty line). A binary probit regression analysis was used to identify the factors influencing the household use of improved storage structures. The findings indicated that only 22% of households used improved storage structures and that usage depended on the age of the household head, education level of the household head, membership in a farmer group or association, family size, and distance to market. The findings also indicate that the postharvest policies of the past did not have any significant effect on house-hold access to improved storage technologies in the study areas. It is generally agreed that usage of improved storage structures leads such benefits as postharvest losses reduction, product quality conservation and increased duration of storage (World Food Programme [WFP], 2015). Thus we suggest that strategies to improve the usage of improved storage structures may be organizing agrarian communities and reaching them with carefully developed postharvest programs. This action could lead to higher usage rates of these technologies in this region. 2017-02-23 2024-06-21T09:23:05Z 2024-06-21T09:23:05Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147613 en Open Access Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems Owach, Charles; Bahiigwa, Godfrey; and Elepu, Gabriel. 2017. Factors influencing the use of food storage structures by agrarian communities in northern Uganda. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 7 (2): 1-18. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2017.072.003 |
| spellingShingle | food storage education finger millet legumes households cereals grain legumes technology losses storage structures food losses millets smallholders agrarian structure beans family size poverty postharvest losses Owach, Charles Bahiigwa, Godfrey Elepu, Gabriel Factors influencing the use of food storage structures by agrarian communities in northern Uganda |
| title | Factors influencing the use of food storage structures by agrarian communities in northern Uganda |
| title_full | Factors influencing the use of food storage structures by agrarian communities in northern Uganda |
| title_fullStr | Factors influencing the use of food storage structures by agrarian communities in northern Uganda |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors influencing the use of food storage structures by agrarian communities in northern Uganda |
| title_short | Factors influencing the use of food storage structures by agrarian communities in northern Uganda |
| title_sort | factors influencing the use of food storage structures by agrarian communities in northern uganda |
| topic | food storage education finger millet legumes households cereals grain legumes technology losses storage structures food losses millets smallholders agrarian structure beans family size poverty postharvest losses |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147613 |
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